Mohali, May 8 -- Police have booked four persons for allegedly using forged architectural maps and fake no-objection certificates (NOCs) to facilitate illegal property registrations and secure bank loans in Kharar.

An FIR for cheating and forgery named four individuals: Jagdish Chand of Sector 45B, Chandigarh; Gurinder Singh of Rani Majra, Kharar; Naveen Kumar of Shivalik Greens, Sector 127, Chajju Majra; and Ram Pravesh, the alleged facilitator of the fraud.

The complainant architect, Aruna Kumari, alleged that her firm's name and architect licence number were illegally used to prepare forged building maps without her knowledge or consent.

The complaint said that the accused allegedly used the fake maps and fabricated NOCs to complete...